Hasn't anyone else noticed that George Bush is a hypocrite? Yes, I understand that the Presidency of the United States of America isn't a forty-hour-a-week job, and that personal sacrifices must be made. Mr. Bush's selflessness is a trait that tends to be completely underrated.
That said, why is it that he seems to conduct most of his business from Friday to Sunday? Now he has expanded his wiretapping powers, and signed the legislation on Sunday. At the very least this speaks to a serious inability to manage his time. Most management experts agree that pushing major projects to the end of the workweek generally insures a shoddy job. Furthermore, hasn't he heard that it's hot in August and no one really expects elected officials to work, only soldiers. But of course that's a very cosmopolitan, nay French approach to work.
But, more important, where are the rest of our elected officials? How did this legislation even get to his desk for signature?
I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who first said something to the effect that those who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither. Part of the price we pay to sit on ever-expanding asses and consuming the majority of the planet's wealth is that from time to time people will try and stop us from doing that. Part of the price we pay for easy-access Internet porn is that some extremists might try to kill us for that freedom. While privacy may not be a constitutionally guaranteed right, free speech and free thought is. The proverbial slippery slope becomes several degrees steeper with this legislation and it seems that Clinton, Obama, and all of the rest of that Capital Hill Gang are standing by with a big tub of Crisco.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment